Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke

14 reviews

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Sexism, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, Child death, Sexism, Animal death, Blood, and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Body horror

Minor: Car accident and Bullying

brittsuek's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Confinement, Child abuse, Rape, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Child death, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

abbie_eibba's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Violence, Rape, and Vomit

rhi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child death, Rape, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, and Medical trauma

Minor: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

honeygore's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Murder, Medical content, Death, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Animal death and Child death

tamara_joy's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Very creepy, very... fungal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Dementia, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Bullying, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Classism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Child death

northernbiblio's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Really enjoyed this. The writing got better as it went on & I was intrigued by the mystery running throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, and Child abuse

kimbekaw's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexism and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Body horror, Rape, and Child death

biblio_kel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This book merged multiple interests of mine into one, gloriously intriguing tale.

Gothic horror, fungi, and strong bonds of friendship weave together to make a tale that is both fascinating and terrifying.

There's not much I can say about the story itself without hinting at spoilers but I loved how well-written the story was. Usually when tales are broken up between two perspectives and two different timeframes, I find it either hard to follow along or the overall story feels disjointed and incoherent but Cooke was able to handle them well and merged them seemlessly into a single timeline by the later half of the book.

I started off by listening to the audiobook before switching to the ebook. I found the audiobook narration very good and only made the switch as I wanted to read telhe story faster.

This would be a great title to add to LGBTQIA+ lists due to the inclusion of lesbian relationships.

Someone recommended this book to me and despite looking over my messages and posts, I cannot find or recall who it was. I want to say thank you to whoever it was and to encourage them to recommend further books to me as this one was a hit. Thank you!

Some TW to be mindful of: Infant death, sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Child death